A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
Opportunity 2
Overview 6
Location 8
Transport 10
Nine Elms 12
Planning Permissions 16
Extant Planning Permission - Squire & Partners 18
Lambeth’s Urban Plan - Terry Farrell & Partners 20
Alternate Scheme Proposals - PLP Architecture 22
Technical 28
Title 30
London Global Market 32
Residential Market Commentary 34
Hotel Market Commentary 38
Vauxhall and its History 40
Further Information 44
CONTENTS
OPPORTUNITY
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Planning permission for high rise development at the gateway to Vauxhall & Nine Elms
Site at the forefront of the Nine Elms tower cluster with stunning uninterrupted views along the River Thames
Opportunities to add value through an enhanced alternate scheme
Two towers of 140 metres & 115 metres permitted with potential to add further height & massing
Extant scheme contains 291 apartments including 241 private apartments ranging from the 15th to the 38th floors
Range of complimentary uses including 180 bed hotel, office, retail, restaurant, café & cinema
Scheme comprises a total net saleable floor area of approximately 423,831 sq ft (39,375 sq m)
Offered with estimated annual net income of between £750,000 & £1 million from lease on existing advertising hoardings
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Indicative view from the 34th floor (120 metres) of Tower A
EXTANT SCHEME CONTAINS 291 APARTMENTS INCLUDING 241 PRIVATE APARTMENTS RANGING FROM THE 15TH TO THE 38TH FLOORS
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OVERVIEW
Vauxhall Cross benefits from planning permission for two residential towers at the forefront of the Nine Elms regeneration area, with opportunities to add value through a revised scheme
Vauxhall Cross is located at the forefront of the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea (VNEB) opportunity area. The area is internationally recognised as the most significant and exciting regeneration area in Central London.
A total of approximately 18,000 new homes, 25,000 new jobs, new schools, parks and culture hubs are planned for the area, making it the largest private led regeneration initiative in the UK.
Vauxhall Cross is exceptionally well served by public transport due to its location adjacent to Vauxhall Underground, rail and bus stations. It is designated as having a Public Transport Accessibility Level 6b (the highest possible PTAL rating).
The site benefits from an extant planning permission which provides for 291 residential apartments (including 50 affordable), a 180 bed hotel (incorporating a sky bar on the 13th floor), a winter garden on the 27th floor, three floors of offices, and further complimentary uses including a retail unit, café, restaurant, cinema, dentist, soft play area and 30 car parking spaces. In total, the extant scheme provides for a total net saleable area of 423,831 sq ft (39,375 sq m) and a total gross internal area of 627,057 sq ft (58,256 sq m).
Vauxhall Cross benefits from a full suite of necessary agreements and strategies to ensure that the extant scheme is deliverable.
The planning context has evolved since the extant permission was granted. The emerging Local Plan builds on the character area for Vauxhall Cross set out in the Vauxhall SPD. It proposes a new town centre focused on Bondway with two-sided High Street frontage linking to a new public square to the north of the site. The Statutory Development Plan identifies an upper building height threshold of 150 metres (10 metres higher than the extant scheme) but there could be strong arguments to challenge this limitation on the Vauxhall Cross site.
PLP Architecture has produced alternate scheme options which respond to the emerging planning policy position for the site. Subject to detailed discussions with the London Borough of Lambeth, it is believed that this scheme could be welcomed by the Council. The Council itself commissioned Terry Farrell & Partners to produce an alternate scheme.
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LOCATION
Vauxhall Cross is located at the heart of London. On the south bank of the River Thames, the site is situated in the London Borough of Lambeth, close to its boundary with Wandsworth and Westminster
Regeneration
Riverside living Transport hub Westminster
Battersea Park
Vauxhall Nine Elms
NATURAL
HISTORY
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BROMPTON
STOCKWELL
NINE ELMS
Strand
Soho
PIMLICO
HYDE PARK
BATTERSEA PARK
A3205
A3217
A3216
A202
A3
A3
A308
A3205
A3036
A203B224
B305
B229
Clapham Common
Stockwell
VAUXHALLRAILVauxhall
Oval
Pimlico
Westminster
Green Park
Lambeth North
Hyde Park Corner
Embankment
Sloane Square
South Kensington
Knightsbridge
St James’s Park
WANDSWORTHROAD RAIL
CLAPHAM JUNCTION RAIL
CLAPHAM HIGH STREET RAIL
BATTERSEAPARK RAIL
QUEENSTOWNROAD RAIL
IMPERIAL WHARF
ST. JAMES’SPARK
VICTORIA STATION
CHARING CROSS
WATERLOO EASTSTATION
WATERLOO STATION
A3
BATTERSEAPOWERSTATION
BUCKINGHAM
PALACE
Cromwell Road
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Kensington Road
King’s R
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Piccadilly
Pall Mall
Knightsbridge
Sloane Street
Chelsea Bridge Road
Battersea
Bridge
Albert Bridge
Chelsea Bridge
Queenstow
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Chelsea Embankment
Vauxhall Bridge
Nine Elm
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Whitehall
Waterloo
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CONNECTIONS
RailVauxhall Station is one stop (four minutes) from Waterloo Station and is on the South West Trains mainline to the South and West of the country. Clapham Junction is also four minutes journey time providing access to Southern Trains’ network.
UndergroundThe Victoria Line connects Vauxhall directly with the West End as well as other transport hubs at Victoria, Euston and King’s Cross St Pancras.
BusThe Vauxhall Bus Station is a terminus for routes heading in all directions including Paddington, Camden, The City, Lewisham, Clapham, and Tooting.
RoadThe site is located outside the boundary of the Congestion Charging zone, just south of Vauxhall Bridge, one of the principal crossings over the River Thames in Central London. A series of major arterial roads radiates out from Vauxhall Bridge.
River BusThe River Bus services run from St Georges Wharf pier providing a fast and frequent service from early morning until evening between Hampton Court and Woolwich Arsenal.
NLEThe Northern Line Extension will include a new ‘Nine Elms’ station located approximately 600 metres to the south west of Vauxhall Cross.
CrossrailVauxhall will be only four Underground stops from Crossrail 1, or even less to the planned route for Crossrail 2, which is anticipated to include stops at London Victoria and Clapham Junction.
TRANSPORT
Vauxhall Cross lies immediately adjacent to Vauxhall – one of London’s key transport hubs, which combines mainline railway services one stop from London Waterloo with Underground and River Bus services, as well as London’s second busiest bus station
Whether travelling for leisure or commuting, Vauxhall benefits from a multitude of transport options with most of Central London within a 10 minute travel time
To King’s CrossSt Pancras International
Oval
Brixton
Stockwell
Kennington
Elephant & Castle
Vauxhall
Battersea Nine Elms
River Thames
Waterloo
Victoria
Embankment
Charing Cross
Bank
Monument
Clapham JunctionTo Gatwick
London Bridge
Vauxhallbus station
Oxford Circus
Tottenham Court RoadBond Street
HolbornChancery Lane
St. PaulʼsLeicester Square
PiccadillyCircus
Green Park
St George Wharf
Farringdon
Nine Elms will be anchored by a new town centre at Vauxhall Cross, a regenerated Battersea Power Station, the new United States Embassy and New Covent Garden Market – the largest fresh produce market in the country. The Masterplan will be tied together with a linear park starting at Vauxhall Cross, where a new public square will lead into Bondway – where there are aspirations for a new wide High Street with the linear Park running down its centre.
Vauxhall Gyratory will be remodelled to create a more pedestrian friendly environment and a new pedestrian bridge across the Thames will link the area to Pimlico on the opposite bank. Nine Elms will also include almost 3km of Thames river frontage, lined with cafés, bars, restaurants, cultural attractions and public space.
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NINE ELMS
Nine Elms is undergoing a dramatic transformation into an ultra-modern residential and business district. It will create over 600,000 sq m of new business space supporting up to 25,000 new jobs
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US Embassy
Battersea Park Station
St George’s Wharf
The Tower
Embassy Gardens
Embassy Gardens
Riverlight
40-42 Pontoon Road
Battersea Gasholders
Vauxhall Square
New Bondway
One Nine Elms
Keybridge House
Vauxhall Sky Gardens
12-20 Wyvil Road
New Covent Garden Market
NCGM Flower Market
Nine Elms Station
Nine Elms Point
Nine Elms Parkside >
Battersea Power Station
Chelsea Bridge Wharf
Battersea Crest
US Embassy Embassy Gardens Battersea Power Station
Linear Park Vauxhall Square One Nine Elms
Municipal/Infrastructure
Pipeline Schemes
Current Schemes
Pipeline SchemesMunicipal/Infrastructure
Current Schemes
MUNICIPAL/INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPLETED SCHEMES
CURRENT SCHEMES
PIPELINE SCHEMES
IN PLANNING
PRE-PLANNING
New Covent Garden Market
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PLANNING PERMISSION FOR TWO TOWERS OF 140 METRES & 115 METRES, WITH POTENTIAL TO ADD FURTHER HEIGHT & MASSING
Indicative view from the 34th floor (120 metres) of Tower A
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Vauxhall Cross lies within the jurisdiction of the London Borough of Lambeth.
The site benefits from an extant planning permission (reference number: 10/02060/FUL) granted by the Secretary of State in August 2012. A recent Section 73 permission (reference number 13/01644/VOC) has increased the scheme’s efficiency. Planning conditions attached to both permissions have been amended to limit pre-commencement information to below-ground works only. The applications for the discharge of the revised conditions are being prepared for submission shortly to the London Borough of Lambeth.
Once approved, the site owner will be able lawfully to implement either the original or the Section 73 permission, safeguarding the scheme for the future.
The Section 73 scheme provides for a development of two towers with a GIA floor area totalling 627,057 sq ft (58,256 sq m).
A Section 106 Agreement was entered into in association with the original permission, and its terms will be applicable to the S73 permission should that scheme be implemented.
Affordable housing was subject to a viability assessment which was agreed with the Council ahead of the Public Inquiry. The assessment identified that the proposed development could support 17% affordable housing by unit number which equates to 50 residential units. It is believed that the action of permitting the Section 73 application may have accepted that the viability position has not changed and any review mechanism would therefore be benchmarked against the date of the Section 73 permission.
Vauxhall Cross benefits from an extant planning permission for a Squire & Partners designed scheme
PLANNING PERMISSIONS S.73 Permission
TOWER USE FLOORS UNITS SQ FT (NET) SQ FT (GIA)
A / NORTH C3 - Private residential*
15 to 38 156 154,323 198,701
C1 - Hotel -1 to 13 180 81,731 107,382
A3/A4 - Retail G/1 3,907 4,402
A1/A3/A4 - Retail G 2,702 2,702
B / SOUTH C3 - Private residential*
15 to 29 85 90,762 111,755
C3 - Affordable 7 to 14 50 54,541 68,146
B1 - Office 3 to 5 20,064 24,434
D2 - Cinema 2 4,510 4,849
D1 - Dentist 2 3,035 3,331
Softplay 1 7,137 7,309
A1/A3/A4 - Retail G 1,119 1,152
ANCILLARY Winter garden G/1/27 8,633
Car park -1/-2 30 22,938
Bicycle storage -2 401
Plant -3 to 41 61,323
TOTAL 423,831 627,057
2012 Permission
TOWER USE FLOORS UNITS SQ FT (NET) SQ FT (GIA)
A / NORTH C3 - Private residential*
15 to 38 152 132,301 203,580
C1 - Hotel -1 to 13 179 74,799 97,985
A3/A4 - Retail G - 1 3,746 4,090
A1/A3/A4 - Retail G 2,325 2,368
B / SOUTH C3 - Private residential*
15 to 29 89 77,980 115,584
C3 - Affordable 7 to 14 50 50,128 68,900
B1 - Office 3 to 5 19,504 23,272
D2 - Cinema 2 3,864 4,607
D1 - Dentist 2 2,777 3,068
Softplay 1 6,684 7,083
A1/A3/A4 - Retail G 678 678
ANCILLARY Winter garden G/1/27 8,471
Car park -4 30 25,209
Bicycle storage -2 401
Storage cubicles -2 30
Plant -4 to 41 63,604
Refuse -1/G 16,846
TOTAL 374,786 645,345
* Net areas include winter gardens within each flats’ demise
S.73 Typical floor plan
2012 Permission Typical floor plan
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ForewordThe plans for Vauxhall Cross embody high quality design and sustainable development, and will radically transform and reinvigorate this area of London.
Squire and Partners have designed two slender residential towers rising from a densely planted Winter Garden at ground level. New cafés, bars, restaurants, offices and shops will surround the ground floors of the towers, and provide vibrant new public spaces.
This new development will also open up the transport interchange and provide an important connection between the historic centre of Vauxhall, the river and the emerging Vauxhall, Nine Elms.
Squire & Partners
EXTANT SCHEME - SQUIRE & PARTNERS
28th Floor29th Floor
27th Floor26th Floor25th Floor24th Floor23rd Floor22nd Floor21st Floor20th Floor19th Floor18th Floor17th Floor16th Floor15th Floor14th Floor13th Floor12th Floor11th Floor10th Floor9th Floor8th Floor7th Floor6th Floor5th Floor4th Floor3rd Floor2nd Floor
1st Floor
Ground Floor
-1 Floor-2 Floor-3 Floor
28th Floor29th Floor30th Floor31st Floor
32nd Floor33rd Floor34th Floor35th Floor36th Floor37th Floor38th Floor
27th Floor26th Floor25th Floor24th Floor23rd Floor22nd Floor21st Floor20th Floor19th Floor18th Floor17th Floor16th Floor15th Floor14th Floor13th Floor12th Floor11th Floor10th Floor
9th Floor8th Floor7th Floor6th Floor5th Floor4th Floor3rd Floor2nd Floor
1st Floor
Ground Floor
-1 Floor-2 Floor-3 Floor
Parry Street
S. 73 Permission
TOWER USE FLOORS UNITS SQ FT (NET) SQ FT (GIA)
A / North Residential 15 to 38 156 154,323 198,701
Hotel -1 to 13 180 81,731 107,382
Retail G/1 2 6,609 7,104
SUB-TOTAL -3 TO 38 242,663 313,187
B / South Residential 15 to 29 85 90,762 111,755
Affordable 7 to 14 50 54,541 68,146
Office 3 to 5 - 20,064 24,434
Community 1/2 - 14,682 15,489
Retail G 1 1,119 1,152
SUB-TOTAL -3 TO 29 181,351 221,126
Ancillary - 92,894
TOTAL 423,831 627,057
Tower B Tower AThe site benefits from an extant planning permission which provides for 291 residential apartments (including 50 affordable), a 180 bed hotel, three floors of offices, and further complimentary uses including a retail unit, café, restaurant, cinema, dentist, soft play area and 30 car parking spaces. In total, the extant scheme provides for a total net saleable area of 423,831 sq ft (39,375 sq m) and a total gross internal area of 627,057 sq ft (58,256 sq m)
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LAMBETH’S URBAN PLAN - TERRY FARRELL & PARTNERS
The new building will create an active and vibrant street environment where shops, cafés, restaurants, art galleries and businesses line the new high street creating a place that will be the centre of the neighbourhood.
Our concept is for an exciting and dramatic new architectural statement building that celebrates and anticipates the new town centre at Vauxhall Cross.
ForewordSince designing the MI6 Headquarters building at Vauxhall Cross I have been perplexed and intrigued by this area; perplexed by the way roads and rail have carved up this strategically important part of London and intrigued by what we might do to resolve the issues and obstacles that have led to the loss of ‘place’ at Vauxhall
Vauxhall Cross is one of London’s most significant ‘lost’ town centres; it was once an urban village with a bustling high street, which grew at a confluence of routes as a convenient point for trade. As recently as the 19th century this thriving neighbourhood once boasted homes, businesses, shops, schools, places of worship, parks and a railway station alongside the river, a mere 10 minutes walk from the Palace of Westminster. In short it was a ‘Place’. However, traffic engineering without place- making has attracted traffic flows like a fast- flowing river washing away its banks, gradually eroding and encircling the town centre that once thrived here.
We know from experience the value that can be created by re- thinking a problematic road system, having recently implemented our proposal for Euston Circus (at the junction of Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road) which has been a major catalyst for change at British Land’s development of Regents Place.
The big opportunity at the Island Site will be to re- establish the ‘place’ and to develop an accessible and legible public realm, is to rediscover the Town Centre at Vauxhall Cross. As an essential part of this regeneration initiative, our plans anticipate that this large and complex traffic roundabout will, in due course, be successfully dismantled to the benefit of the whole of Vauxhall. This approach has been adopted as a component part of Lambeth’s planning policy for the area.
At its heart, our plan proposes the restoration of a High Street along the line of Bondway, formerly ‘Bond Street’, linking the Albert Embankment to the north with the newly proposed Linear Park at the centre of the emerging proposal for Nine Elms.
Our concept is for an exciting and dramatic new architectural statement building that celebrates and anticipates the new town centre at Vauxhall Cross. It will be composed of two elegant residential towers, and both will have dramatic views up and down the river as it meanders through central London.
The new building will also create an active and vibrant street environment where shops, cafés, restaurants, art galleries and businesses line the new high street and contribute to making a place which will once again be the centre of the neighbourhood.
As a key component of this rediscovered Town centre, a new public square will be created as the ‘heart’ of Vauxhall Cross as a focal point for pedestrians to linger and to enable easy access to shops and other cultural activities. New streets and spaces are proposed to create a much safer and more pleasant area for pedestrians and cyclists and to reconnect the town centre with the river and riverside walk once again.
In summary, we have set out a Vision for the Island Site as part of a clear strategy for the reshaping of the new town centre at Vauxhall Cross; it could be the ‘jewel in the crown’ of Vauxhall and therefore create a sustainable future for the area.
Sir Terry Farrell CBE
Site 13, Lambeth proposed Local Plan
CGI of proposed Farrell scheme New Vauxhall Cross public square
Bondway high street viewed from the south
The planning context has evolved since the extant permission was granted. The emerging Local Plan builds on the character area for Vauxhall Cross set out in the Vauxhall SPD. It proposes a new town centre focused on Bondway with two-sided High Street frontage linking to a new public square to the north of the site. The Council itself commissioned Terry Farrell & Partners to produce an alternate scheme.
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ENHANCED SCHEME PROPOSALS - PLP ARCHITECTURE Scheme 1 ‘Base Scheme’
TOWER USE FLOORS SQ FT (NET) SQ FT (GIA)
A / NORTH Residential 2 to 49 292,770 389,054
Community 1 7,169 8,105
Retail G 2,153 6,781
SUB-TOTAL 302,092 403,941
LINK Office 2 to 6 40,365 47,362
Community 1 8,428 9,472
Retail G 2,616 6,943
SUB-TOTAL 51,409 63,777
B/SOUTH Residential 22 to 39 109,857 145,895
Affordable 8 to 21 77,910 113,474
Office 2 to 6 31,700 40,526
Community 1 6,749 8,105
Retail G 3,660 8,105
SUB-TOTAL 229,876 316,106
TOTAL 583,377 783,824
Scheme 2 ‘Stretched Scheme’
TOWER USE FLOORS SQ FT (NET) SQ FT (GIA)
A / NORTH Residential 2 to 39 229,499 308,001
Community 1 7,169 8,105
Retail G 2,153 6,781
SUB-TOTAL 238,821 322,888
LINK Office 2 to 6 40,365 47,362
Community 1 8,428 9,472
Retail G 2,616 6,943
SUB-TOTAL 51,409 63,777
B/SOUTH Residential 19 to 31 79,761 105,369
Affordable 8 to 18 61,215 89,158
Office 2 to 6 31,700 40,526
Community 1 6,749 8,105
Retail G 3,660 8,105
SUB-TOTAL 183,085 251,264
TOTAL 473,315 637,928
ForewordI am very excited about the opportunities of this prominent site at the heart of London’s newest community.
It is apparent to us that this site has a unique opportunity not only to contribute to the emerging cluster of tall buildings, but also to establish a true landmark, an exciting gateway into this new area of London.
The site has an important role in enabling a lively public realm around one of London’s main transport hubs and will be a major contribution to the transforming skyline in this part of London.
The site occupies the northern apex of this new cluster and a tall building located there would enjoy views over Westminster Palace, the London Eye and a number other famous London landmarks.
From a townscape perspective, we believe this location provides an opportunity to re-examine the height of the current consented scheme, especially when seen in wider context of the emerging cluster. Greater height at the northern apex of the cluster will improve the skyline composition of the cluster and create a more varied and accentuated skyline.
At ground, the site forms an important frontage in a new public realm, contributing to the creation of active, welcoming and pedestrian friendly spaces around the existing transport interchange. Public realm improvements are essential to underpin the overall benefits and success of a new major landmark building.
I believe that our concept captures the essence of the area and reflects upon the excitement and opportunities that we draw from this unique location.
Lee Polisano
Tower B115m
Tower A140m
Podium30m
RESIDENTIAL RETAIL OFFICE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY
Tower B140m
Tower A170m
Podium30m
Scheme 1 stays within the maximum building heights as defined by the extant consented scheme. The mix of uses reflects the extant scheme with comparable proportions of affordable housing, commercial and community uses. The development proposals lie within the red-line ownership boundary, and the architect’s brief was to produce a scheme that would have a high probability of achieving planning permission.
Scheme 1 – ‘Base Scheme’
The Stretched Scheme explores the possibility of increasing the height of buildings beyond the heights established by the extant scheme. The concept proposes a maximum height of 170 metres for Tower A and 140 metres for Tower B (the height of Tower A in the Base Scheme). Whilst the Statutory Development Plan identifies an upper building height threshold of 150 metres, this has been breached on a number of occasions (One Nine Elms at 200 metres, The Tower at 181 metres, New Bondway at 170 metres, and Vauxhall Square at 164 metres).
Scheme 2 – ‘Stretched Scheme’
The PLP scheme responds to the setting of the site, both at ground plane and at skyline. At ground the proposal creates a well-defined and active frontage around the site. At high level, two slender towers are placed into the two key corners of the site. A taller tower is located in the northern corner, while a lower tower is located in the south-west corner of the site. The towers are linked by a low-rise podium that defines the perimeter of the site.
RESIDENTIAL RETAIL OFFICE AFFORDABLE COMMUNITY
PLP Architecture has produced alternate scheme options which respond to the emerging planning policy position for the site. Subject to detailed discussions with the London Borough of Lambeth, it is believed that these proposals could be welcomed by the Council.
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Emerging Cluster
Vauxhall Cross occupies the prominent northern edge of the cluster and from a townscape perspective, this location provides an opportunity to re-examine the height of the current permitted extant scheme when seen in wider the context of the emerging cluster. In key townscape views, a greater height at this northern apex could improve the reading of the cluster, creating a more varied and accentuated skyline. The alternative massing scheme explores further the
opportunity of an increased height at Vauxhall Cross. A 200 metre tall residential tower is proposed in the north corner of the site with a lower tower to the south. The second tower could provide for office use over multiple storeys. A low rise courtyarded podium links the two towers at the base and comprises of affordable residential units.
Scheme 3 - ‘Alternative Massing’Scheme 2 - ‘Stretched Scheme’ Extant scheme Scheme 1 -‘Base Scheme’
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Millbank Gardens Millbank Gardens Millbank Gardens Millbank Gardens
PLP scheme CGI
Alternative massing concept images
Retail
Retail
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Retail
Office Lobby
Loading Bay
Market Lobby
Residential Lobby
Car Lift
Illustrative ground floor plan
Typical Layout A Typical Layout B Typical Layout C
Typical Layout D Typical Layout E Typical Layout F
PLP residential layout options
STUDIO
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2 BED
3 BED
PENTHOUSE
VAUXHALL CROSS BENEFITS FROM STUNNING UNINTERRUPTED VIEWS ALONG THE RIVER THAMES, WITH THE LOWEST PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT ON THE 15TH FLOOR.
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Indicative view from the 20th floor (75 metres) of Tower A
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Transport for London (TfL)The vendor has executed an agreement with TfL to facilitate all works required on TfL owned land (private and adopted highway) by virtue of the Section 106 Agreement. A Section 278 agreement will be necessary to complete the works on adopted highways.
ImplementationThe conditions attached to the original planning permission have been amended to limit pre-commencement information to below-ground works only. These revised conditions have been incorporated into the Section 73 scheme and applications are being prepared for submission shortly to the London Borough of Lambeth. Once approved, the site owner will be able to lawfully implement the extant permission, safeguarding the planning position moving forward.
GeotechnicalIntrusive and desktop surveys have been undertaken on contamination and archaeological issues to support discharge of pre-commencement conditions. These have not identified anything below the surface of the site which is likely to impact on the development.
Rights of lightGordon Ingram Associates has concluded a rights of light strategy. This will be released to shortlisted parties.
Vauxhall Cross benefits from a full suite of necessary agreements and strategies to ensure that the extant scheme will be deliverable. These relate to rights of light, an implementation strategy and a deed of easement over surrounding land owned by Transport for London
TECHNICAL
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The freehold interest Title Number TGL18067 is being made available for sale.
IncomeThe site can be made available with vacant possession at the purchaser’s behest or with the benefit of the existing lease to Outdoor Plus Limited with respect to the advertising hoardings. The Outdoor Plus Limited lease will only be made available to shortlisted parties.
Vauxhall Cross is a renowned and valuable advertising pitch and it is possible that this value could be retained by designing advertising hoardings into an alternate scheme.
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LONDON GLOBAL MARKET
London is a truly international City at the heart of the global economy. As the capital of the United Kingdom and the European Union’s largest city, London is a leading global centre for commerce, finance, arts, education, technology, media, research and tourism.
London is regarded as having some of the most desirable residential addresses in the world. London’s One Hyde Park houses the most expensive apartment in the world.
There are some 300 languages spoken in London, more than any other city in the world, reflecting London’s position as the global capital of the world.
The city is richly steeped in history and culture, dating back to its foundation over 2,000 years ago in Roman times. London is home to four UNESCO world heritage sites and over 150 ancient monuments.
The wider UK property market is bolstered by a combination of stable government, secure legal framework, long leases and efficient regulation, which have created one of the most liquid, transparent and sophisticated markets worldwide. The security that the market offers in global terms has resulted in prime Central London property recently attracting unprecedented levels of interest from all around the globe. London is, therefore, unsurprisingly widely regarded as the ‘gold bullion’ of international property markets.
London is home to some 300 theatres, 500 cinemas, 12,000 restaurants and 170 museums. There are more than 17,000 music performances and 250 festivals that take place in London every year. This unrivalled cultural offering, in addition to the prestigious retail provision in the West End, ensures that London retains its position as the world’s most popular destination for international travellers, with an estimated 16 million in 2013.
London has established itself as the world’s largest and most influential financial centre, being home to over 250 foreign banks, more than any other city, as well as being the largest centre for foreign exchange trading and cross-border bank lending. It is also home to the headquarters of more than 100 of Europe’s 500 largest companies.
London boasts a world-class education system and is home to 43 universities, the largest concentration of higher education institutions in Europe.
The unique advantage of London’s central time zone in a global context allows it to do business with Shanghai, Tokyo and Beijing, as well as New York and Los Angeles, all in the same working day.
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RESIDENTIAL MARKET COMMENTARY
Riverside areas are popular locations for residential and commercial occupiers alike. However many of the established riverside neighbourhoods (like Battersea, Fulham, Wandsworth, Putney, Chiswick and until the 2001 Jubilee Line extension, Southwark) are comparatively poorly served by public transport.
Using sample Oystercard data from TfL for the most common destinations for morning commuters entering Vauxhall Tube station. Liverpool Street, Holborn and Bond Street are the top three destinations with more than 2,000 commuters travelling to them from Vauxhall each morning. Using just the Tube network in rush-hour, the whole of the West End and City are accessible within 30 minutes.
The TfL PTAL scoring system measures the distance from local points to the nearest public transport stop and service frequency at those stops. As shown in Figure 3 Vauxhall scores the highest possible PTAL rating (6b) – by comparison, areas of southern Pimlico and Battersea have some of the lowest accessibility scores (2 or below).
Vauxhall offers residents quick and easy access tothe main centres of wealth creation in London via theVictoria line and mainline to Waterloo
There is annual demand for approximately 38,000 private sector residential units in Greater London over the next decade. The entire construction and planning pipeline for Greater London looks able to provide less than 20,000 private residential units per annum.
This position is replicated if we look at prime central London. We estimate there is annual demand for approximately 4,200 private sector residential units in central London over the next decade. However the prime central London construction and planning pipeline looks able to provide less than 2,000 units per annum.
Figure 2 illustrates the locations of the consented residential developments within the Zone 1 central travel area. It shows that a large proportion of the future supply pipeline is concentrated across a small number of major areas – Nine Elms, Earl’s Court and, to a lesser extent, King’s Cross, Elephant & Castle, Paddington, Aldgate and the City Road corridor. These major schemes are located on the periphery of Zone 1 with the heart of the capital likely to see a much smaller volume of new housing across Westminster, Chelsea and Mayfair. Would-be-residents of central London that are priced out of the truly prime central locations, are now able to find better value in vibrant areas like Vauxhall and the South Bank which offer superb access to the heart of London, plus river views, modern buildings and, in most cases, a more reasonable price per square foot.
Vauxhall sits at the heart of Nine Elms, a 195 hectare riverside district, described as “possibly the most important regeneration story in London and in the UK over the next 20 years” by Boris Johnson
Figure 1: Greater London pipelineResidential development sites currently with planning permission by private unit
Figure 2: SupplyPermitted residential development pipeline within Zone 1
Figure 3: Public Transport Accessibility Levels (PTAL) - TfL public transport accessibility scoring system
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BENCHMARK DEVELOPMENTS
The Tower (St George’s) The Corniche Embassy Gardens
Developer: St GeorgeArchitect: Broadway MalyanPrivate units: 216Av. sales values: £1,600+ per sq ftMax. height: 181 metresStatus: Completed
Developer: St James GroupArchitect: Foster + Partners Private units: 168Av. sales values: £1,600+ per sq ftMax. height: 90 metresStatus: Under construction
Developer: Ballymore Group Architect: Fielden Clegg BradleyPrivate units: 1,548Av. sales values: £1,000+ per sq ftMax. height: 68 metresStatus: Under construction
Riverlight Battersea Power Station One Nine Elms
Developer: St James GroupArchitect: Rogers Stirk HarbourPrivate units: 699Av. sales values: £1,100+ per sq ftMax. height: 62 metresStatus: Under construction
Developer: Sime Darby / SP SetiaArchitect: Rafael Viñoly Private units: 2,944Av. sales values: £1,200+ per sq ftMax. height: 60 metresStatus: Under construction
Developer: Wanda One (UK) LtdArchitect: Kohn Pedersen FoxPrivate units: 439Av. sales values: £1,600+ per sq ftMax height: 200 metresStatus: Under construction
Vauxhall is well positioned to be the next ‘hotspot’ for people seeking value as the Prime Central London and South Bank markets grow.
The South Bank provides a good indication of how an emerging riverside area, adjacent to the prime central market, can outperform its more mature neighbour given the right mix of new housing, quality and drivers of growth. For example, a £1 million investment in South Bank property in March 2009 was worth £1.74 million at the end of January 2014 compared to £1.65 million for a prime central London property. Also total average returns in the year to January 2014 for South Bank property was 14.5%, better than the Prime Central London average return, FTSE 100 and gold.
Several factors are driving high levels of growth in South Bank, including a constrained supply of modern, high-end apartments in prime central London, the area’s wider transformation as a cultural venue and business district and public transport links to financial and business centres and universities. Crucially, however, it is driven by buyers looking for better value beyond the core areas of prime central London, where price growth was particularly strong post-Lehman.
Figure 4 illustrates the distribution of average sale prices for two bed apartments across the South Bank and southern London. Vauxhall Cross clearly lies in a micro-location where, at present, the price premiums afforded by the riverside location seems yet to reach the same high levels as either the South Bank or older local developments such as St George Wharf and 9 Albert Embankment.
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Figure 5: Price performance chartFigure 6: Riverside pricingAverage unit type and pricing of Riverside new homes
Figure 4: 2 bedroom sales prices in the London Boroughs of Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark
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Figure 7 illustrates the profile of buyers across a number of recent Riverside schemes. UK nationals represented around 20% of all purchasers with Far Eastern and Middle Eastern buyers outnumbering domestic buyers. This highlights the international appeal of modern riverside accommodation in the centre of the capital. In terms of motivation, our data suggests around 40% of all buyers of these riverside schemes were investors, with the remaining buyers either intending to use the property as a London base or expressing no clear preference.
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HOTEL MARKET COMMENTARY
The schemeUK and London hotel performanceThere is a positive annual growth in the hotels sector across the UK. Revpar (revenue per available room) consistently demonstrates year on year growth. London mirrors that sentiment and figure 1 demonstrates performance in the last three years, Q1 2014 highlighting the strength of the London market over Q1 2013 (noting that the London Olympics flattered the 2012 performance).
The London market is dominated by brands and we are seeing a steady growth in customer reliance on the branding standards set by the hotel companies. The mid-market and budget hotel brands are emerging as market leaders with a sophisticated accommodation driven business concept, amounting to 50% of the construction pipeline for next year. Figure 2 highlights how London is segmented by national and international brands with only 25% from independent hotel companies. It is also of note that budget to 3 star markets dominate, comprising 57% of London’s hotel offering (see figure 3). We expect that Vauxhall Cross would reflect London’s more traditional West End hotel locations attracting a range of strong brands and across a wide range of classifications.
Figure 2: London Hotel Market by Branding
London hotel investmentLack of supply in the hotels sector coupled with strong demand from high net worth overseas investors and funds for the London hotel market has helped to maintain high values, and yields are forecast to compress further. Net initial yields for privately owned freehold properties can range dramatically from 2% to 5% dependent on the hotel’s perceived trophy status, whilst the fixed lease income market operates in a narrower band between 4.25% to 5%, dependent on length of lease and covenant strength.
London was the preferred hotel investment market in Europe for 2013 with the total volume of sale being approximately £1.37 billion.
The locationVauxhall Cross and the wider Nine Elms area is a significant area of growth and regeneration that has and will continue to attract Embassies, offices, shops, restaurants and is expected to generate 25,000 permanent jobs. This scale of employment, coupled with a range of high quality residential developments will create a vibrant community in Central London. It is no surprise that Dalian Wanda is committed to a 5* hotel commensurate with the nature of the location. Despite this and other plans, we believe Nine Elms will continue to be lacking in the supply of good quality hotel product. Vauxhall Cross is arguably the best location for a hotel in Nine Elms, being situated on an exceptionally well connected transport hub at the gateway to Nine Elms. It is also a remarkably prominent location (as evidenced by being one of the most valuable advertising pitches in London) and accordingly we envisage a flagship hotel at Vauxhall Cross. We anticipate that hotel operators will see value in being part of a residential-led development scheme and will make proposals that will be complimentary to a high quality scheme. Figure 3 illustrates the Borough’s hotel sectors which are dominated by budget to 3* offerings, which is further evidence for an upscale opportunity.
Figure 3: London Hotel Market by Sector
The schemeThe permitted scheme includes a hotel up to the 13th floor of Tower ‘A’ (the northern tower) comprising 180 rooms over a gross internal area of 9,976 sq m (107,382 sq ft) and a net internal area of approximately 7,593 sq m (81,731 sq ft).
The hotel includes a reception area, conference and restaurant areas that occupy the ground, first and second floors with the remaining levels 3 to 13 providing accommodation. All plant and back of house support areas have been allocated within the permitted scheme. The entrance is in a covered landscaped area close to the bus station and the new Underground entrance to the north of the site. The plans include a hotel sky bar on the 13th floor (see plan).
Planned bedroom sizes average 42 sq m and, although they are befitting of an upscale hotel, we feel there is scope and flexibility (floor subdivision is indicative only) to include all brands and offerings within the hotels sector given the potential of this location.
Figure 1: London Hotel Market Performance
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VAUXHALL AND ITS HISTORY
1857Vauxhall Motors began its history as ‘Alex Wilson & Company’ founded in 1857 at 90-92 Wandsworth Road. In 1897 it became the ‘Vauxhall Ironworks Co Ltd’ focused on the production of steam engines and iron works. In 1903 Vauxhall took the decision to expand into car manufacturing and of the 70 cars built in its first year, one still survives 1999
Vauxhall Cross has featured in several recent James Bond films. The building was depicted in the Bond films The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Skyfall (2012)
The River Effra is a mostly underground river that flows from its source in Upper Norwood to its confluence with the River Thames beside Vauxhall Bridge. Its original course was to the north of Vauxhall Cross and it has since been diverted to a new mouth beneath the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service
1994The headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) (also known as “MI6”), at Vauxhall Cross, is located at 85 Albert Embankment in Vauxhall. It is known within the intelligence community as “Legoland” and as “Babylon-on-Thames” due to its resemblance to an ancient Babylonian ziggurat
Vauxhall station was the source of the Russian word for railway station, vokzal (Вокзал)
Vauxhall is also the third most important advertising pitch in London
The first Vauxhall car was built in 1903 when F. W. Hodges and J. H. Chambers produced a simple single cylinder machine which proved to be economical in use and sturdy in construction
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